An Inside Look at the Axis of Upheaval’s Religious Persecution and How the U.S. Can Counteract It
- Knox Thames
- Jun 10
- 1 min read
I appreciated the McCain Institute hosting Senator Chris Coons (R-DE) for the public launch of our report on religious persecution in China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. It was great to join the panel with my co-editor Alexis Mrachek and fellow authors Jewher Ilham, Olivia Enos, and Peter Mandaville.
You can watch the discussion below and read the report here.
Here's my quote from the McCain Institute press release after the event:
“It’s not surprising that these four countries are religious persecution machines—they expend incredible amounts of energy to arrest their own people, to limit their own people’s ability to pursue truth, and they consciously spread fear, discrimination, or violence,” said Dallas Baptist University Everett Center for Global Religious Freedom Executive Director Knox Thames. “In this report, we don’t just identify the problem, but we also try to identify some solutions, and the unique role for the United States to play to push back the forces of persecution.”
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